Fisheries 2.0 – New Zealand Sport Fishing Council

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Billfish News. BlueWater Marine Research. July 2024

The 2024 billfish season showed early promise in the north and record catches of marlin south of East Cape. Warm water pushing south saw striped marlin being caught in Hawke Bay and off the Wairarapa coast. BlueWater Marine Research. 10 July 2024.

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Research. Marlin biology and habitat preferences. Keller and Davie. 2009

Population biology and habitat preferences of striped marlin in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Report for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. Keller and Davie. December 2009.

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Report. Billfish Symposium Florida. 7 Oct 2016

The 6th International Billfish Symposium was hosted at the IGFA's headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida, from 14-17 September 2016. This was a chance to catch up on the latest developments in billfish research and new technologies. Holdsworth. 7 October 2016.

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Billfish News. BlueWater Marine Research. Jan 2017

There were 207 striped marlin recorded as landed or tagged in the logbook data for the 2015-16 gamefish season. This is similar to the previous year. Still looking for new skippers to take a logbook. BlueWater Marine Research. 16 January 2017.

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Gamefish tagging news. November 2018

The number of striped marlin tagged in 2017-18 was below average, while the number of blue marlin, shortbill spearfish and swordfish tagged were above average. Report from the Gamefish Tagging Programme partners Fisheries New Zealand and the NZSFC. 19 November 2018.

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Summary. Striped marlin stock assessment. Holdsworth. 29 July 2019

A summary of the recent stock assessment for striped marlin in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Striped marlin are likely to be overfished. The stock assessment model indicates a clear, persistent decline in striped marlin spawning biomass and increasing fishing mortality. Holdsworth. 29 July 2019.

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Poster. Data collection of Pacific recreational billfish catches. Wolfe and ors. Oct 2024

Existing and alternative data collection methods for recreational catches of billfish in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Poster for the 7th International Billfish Symposium held in the USA 8th to 10th October 2024. Wolfe and others. October 2024.

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Report. Billfish Symposium USA. 10 Oct 2024

Over 100 people attended the 7th international Billfish Symposium held in San Diego, California from 8th to 10th October 2024. Billfish receive much less research and management support compared to the large, commercially valuable fisheries for tuna species. Holdsworth. October 2024.

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Gamefish tagging news. 30 April 2025

Striped marlin were plentiful at times during the 2024-25 summer, particularly off the North Island's west coast. Record numbers of marlin caught or seen around the South Island. Gamefish Tagging Programme. 30 April 2025.

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Report. New Zealand gamefishing 2018-19 season. NZSFC. 6 June 2019

Report summarising gamefish catches during the 2018-19 season. Striped marlin were again the main pelagic species caught and recorded in 2018-19. Reasonable numbers of blue marlin and shortbill spearfish were also taken. Yellowfin catches were poor. New Zealand Sport Fishing Council. 6 June 2019.

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